Sentence examples for skirted around from inspiring English sources

"skirted around" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It means to avoid or evade discussing a topic directly. Example: During the interview, the politician skirted around questions about his controversial statements, instead redirecting the conversation to his policy proposals.

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These memos skirted around and ensured acts otherwise known as torture somehow didn't violate the Geneva Convention, the US Constitution or our common sense of human rights.

He has skirted around the edges of I.O.C. rules recently.

I think other translations have skirted around that.

Dinner table conversation has skirted around the issue, only occasionally addressing it outright.

Instead, I took a deep breath, skirted around the creature, and opened my door.

Whittaker had published a statement saying too many people skirted around the issue.

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You skirt around some etiquette.

He didn't skirt around racism or sexism, either.

'Well, we must hurry on, pass over or skirt around that word.

It's a piece of ineffable eccentricity, baffling and skirting around brilliance.

They are for tree guards to be built upon, Another implacable hazard to skirt around.

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